Firouz Karimi

Firouz Karimi

Personal information
Full name	Firouz Karimi
Date of birth	April 13, 1956 (1956-04-13) (age 55)
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
Playing position	Coach
Club information
Current club	Shahin Bushehr (head coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1970-1976	Shahrbani
1976–1981	PAS Tehran
1981–1984	Sarbaz
1984–1988	PAS Tehran
Teams managed
1989–1993	PAS Tehran
1993–1994	Sepahan
1994–1995	Bahman
1996–1997	PAS Tehran
1997–1998	Polyacryl Esfahan
1998–1999	Tractor Sazi
1999–2000	Esteghlal Ahvaz
2000	Aboomoslem
2001	Esteghlal Ahvaz
2001	PAS Tehran
2002	Shahab Zanjan
2002–2004	Aboomoslem
2004–2006	Rah Ahan
2006–2007	Esteghlal Ahvaz
2007–2008	Esteghlal
2008–2009	Saba Battery
2009–2010	Damash Gilan
2011–	Shahin Bushehr
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Firouz Karimi (Persian: فیروز کریمی, born 13 April 1956) is an Iranian football manager and the current manager of Shahin Bushehr.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Playing career 3 Coaching career 3.1 Statistics 4 Honours 4.1 As a player 4.2 As a manager 5 References

Early life

Firouz Karimi was born on 13 April 1956 in Tehran, Iran. He was married in 1980 and has three daughters and one son. He is famous inside Iran for his strong sense of humor, often revealed in interviews with the media. He has been penalized many times by the Iranian Football Federation for criticizing the officials.

Playing career

He began playing football in Shahrbani F.C. in 1970 and joined PAS Tehran in 1976. He won the Takht Jamshid Cup twice with PAS. He left PAS in 1981 and joined Sarbaz but returned to PAS in 1984. He was also invited to the Iran national football team in 1980 but never played for the national team. He retired in 1984.^[1]

Coaching career

He was selected as head coach of PAS in 1989. He could bring the team from 2nd Division to the Azadegan League in 1990. He won the 1992 and 1993 seasion and bring the Asian Club Championship for the team in 1993. He was resigned after it and was appointed as Sepahan head coach later. He was sacked by the club in 1994 and became the head coach of Bahman which won the Hazfi Cup one year later. He was re-appointed as head coach of PAS in 1996 and was the head coach of the team for one seasion.^[2] After it, Polyacryl Esfahan signed a contract with Karimi but he was resigned after bad results. He was also head coach of Tabriz based Tractor Sazi from 1998 to 1999. He became head coach of Esteghlal Ahvaz in 1999 and led the team until 2000. He was manager of Aboomoslem for just six months in 2000 and he was again selected as Esteghlal Ahvaz head coach in 2001. He resigned as head coach Esteghlal Ahvaz to become the head coach of PAS for a third spell. Shahab Zanjan and Aboomoslem was his next teams. He was appointed as Rah Ahan head coach in June 2004. He led the team in two seasions and was sacked in February 2006. He was again appointed as Esteghlal Ahvaz head coach in June 2006. After resignation of Nasser Hejazi as head coach of Esteghlal, he became head coach of Esteghlal in November 2007 which under his managment, Esteghlal was ranked 13th which is the bad results for the team in the history of Esteghlal.^[3] He was resigned in May 2008 and was appointed as head coach of Saba Battery in July 2008. He was sacked by the club in June 2009. After it, he signed a contract with Azadegan League side Damash Gilan in July 2009 but was resigned after he couldn't promoted the team to the Iran Pro League in the play-off. He became head coach of Shahin Bushehr on 6 October 2011 after Hamid Derakhshan's departure.^[4]

Statistics

As of 19 December 2011

Nat	Team	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	+/-
	PAS	May 1991	May 1993	36	19	13	4	52	25	+27
	Sepahan	July 1993	July 1994	26	7	8	11	16	26	-10
	PAS Tehran	June 1996	July 1997	30	11	15	4	37	22	+15
	Tractor Sazi	June 1998	May 1999	30	7	13	10	30	35	−5
	PAS	July 2001	September 2001	6	5	0	1	9	4	+5
	Rah Ahan	June 2004	February 2006	30	9	7	14	27	43	−16
	Esteghlal	November 2007	May 2008	20	6	5	9	24	18	+6
	Saba Battery	July 2008	June 2009	34	11	18	5	45	34	+11
	Damash Gilan	July 2009	May 2010	26	14	6	6	38	26	+12
	Shahin Bushehr	October 2011	Present	7	2	3	2	5	7	–2

Honours

As a player

• Takht Jamshid Cup
  • 1976-77, Champions, Pas F.C.
  • 1977-78, Champions, Pas F.C.

As a manager

• Asian Club Championship
  • 1993, Champions, Pas F.C.

• Iranian Championship
  • 1991-92, Champions, Pas F.C.
  • 1992-93, Champions, Pas F.C.

• Hazfi Cup
  • 1995, Winners, Bahman

References

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Mansour Pourheidari	Iran Pro League Winning Manager 1991–92, 1992–93	Succeeded by Bijan Zolfagharnasab

Iran Coach of the Year 1969: Rajkov 1970: Dehdari 1971: Rajkov 1972: Ranjbar 1973: Rogers 1974: Rogers 1975: Rajkov 1976: Mohajerani 1977: Vatankhah 1978: Mohajerani 1979: Habibi 1989: Dehdari 1990: Pourheidari 1992: Karimi 1993: Karimi 1994: Zolfagharnasab 1995: Zolfagharnasab 1996: Poklepović 1997: Poklepović 1998: Hejazi 1999: Talebi 2000: Parvin 2001: Pourheidari 2002: Parvin 2003: Kazemi 2004: Jalali 2005: Denizli 2006: Ivanković 2007: Bonačić 2008: Daei 2009: Ghotbi 2010: Ghalenoei 2011: Ghalenoei

Sepahan Isfahan F.C. – managers Yavari (1970–78) Rajkov (1978) Yavari (1978–80) Hejazi (1992–93) Karimi (1993–94) Korbekandi (1996–00) Poklepović (2001–02) Kazemi (2002–05) Poklepović (2005) Tavares (2005–06) Bonačić (2006–08) Vieira (2008) Firat (2008) Kazemi (2008–09) Ghalenoei (2009–11) Bonačić (2011) Ghanbari (a.i.) (2011) Kranjčar (2011–)

Tractor Sazi F.C. – managers Fekri (1975–78) Godja (1991–94) Dumitru (1994–95) Godja (1995–96) Ziaei (1997–98) Karimi (1998–99) Ziaei (1999–00) Vatankhah (2000–01) Yavari (2001–02) Godja (2003) Alidousti (2003–04) Middendorp (2004–05) Pious (2005–07) Kamalvand (2008–11) Ghalenoei (2011–)

Rah Ahan F.C. – managers Ghanbarpour (2000–02) Derakhshan (2002–03) Mousivand (2003–04) Karimi (2004–06) Razavi (2006) Misaghian (2006–08) Mahabadi (2008) Yavari (2008–09) Tartar (2009) Brandts (2009) Tartar (2009–10) Korbekandi (2010) Tartar (2010–11) Daei (2011–)

Esteghlal F.C. – managers Danaeifard (1946–66) Bayati (1966–67) Danaeifard (1967–69) Rajkov (1969–76) Razavi (1979–81) Azodi (1981–82) Sharafi (1982–83) Pourheidari (1983–86) Razavi (1986–87) Mazloumi (1988–89) Pourheidari (1989–92) Zolfagharnasab (1992–93) Skomorokhov (1993–94) Pourheidari (1995–96) Hejazi (1996–99) Pourheidari (2000–02) Koch (2002) Ghalenoei (2003–06) Marfavi (2006–07) Hejazi (2007) Karimi (2007–08) Ghalenoei (2008–09) Marfavi (2009–10) Mazloomi (2010–)

Saba F.C. – managers Mazloomi (2002–04) Živadinović (2004–05) Jalali (2005) Ziaei (2005–06) Kazemi (2006) Ziaei (2006–08) Golmohammadi (2008) Karimi (2008–09) Ziaei (2009) Korbekandi (2009–10) Yavari (2010) Veisi (2010–)

Shahin Bushehr F.C. – managers Vatankhah (2006) Saadavi (2006–07) Kololi Fard (2007) Irandoost (2007–08) Kololi Fard (2008–09) Yavari (2009–10) Estili (2010–11) Misaghian (2011) Derakhshan (2011) Karimi (2011–)

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Name	Karimi, Firouz
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Date of birth	13 April 1956
Place of birth	Tehran, Iran
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